Student's guide to writing college papers / Kate L. Turabian.

By: Turabian, Kate Larimore 1893-1987Contributor(s): Colomb, Gregory G | Williams, Joseph MMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishingPublication details: Chicago, Ill London The University of Chicago Press 2010 Edition: 4. edDescription: xiv 281 s. 25 cmISBN: 0226816311 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0226816303 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780226816319 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780226816302 (cloth : alk. paper)Other title: Student's guide for writing college papers [Other title]Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Academic writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Academic writing | Vetenskapligt skrivandeGenre/Form: Handböcker, manualer etcDDC classification: 808/.02 Other classification: 808 | Aef

Contents:

What researches do and how they think about it -- Finding a research question -- Planning for an answer -- Finding useful sources -- Engaging sources -- Planning your argument -- Planning a first draft -- Drafting your paper -- Quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing sources -- Preventing plagiarism -- Presenting evidence in tables and figures -- Revising your draft -- Writing your final introduction and conclusion -- Revising sentences -- Learning from your returned paper -- On the spirit of research -- Citations -- Chicago style -- MLA style -- APA style -- Spelling: plurals, possessives, and hyphenation -- Punctuation -- Titles, names, and numbers

Summary: Provides students with directions and guidelines for writing research papers, covering such topics as finding useful sources, writing a first draft, presenting evidence in tables and figures, revising, and writing the introduction and conclusion

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book (loan)	Gräsvik	808	Available		080041484908

First through third editions published with title: Student's guide for writing college papers

"This book 'repurposes' the ideas, principles, and practical wisdom in two earlier guides . . . The craft of research (3rd ed., 2008) and the Turabian guide to theses and dissertations (A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations, 7th ed., 2007)."--Preface, p. [ix]

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273) and index

Provides students with directions and guidelines for writing research papers, covering such topics as finding useful sources, writing a first draft, presenting evidence in tables and figures, revising, and writing the introduction and conclusion